Map3D User's Manual

Contents | Index

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001 002 ... files

	File > Restart File Formats
	Visualization > Make Point

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3D excavation shapes

	Building Surface Models
	Building Models out of Blocks
	Constructing Alternate Material Zonese

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Aborting a Map3D analysis

About Map3D

Absolute strain

	Induced Strain
	Strain

Absolute stress

Accuracy

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization
	Analysis > Options > Linear

AG - grid spacing

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Dgrid Distance to nearest grid on surfaces
	Dgrid/Lelem DOL ratio on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest element on grids
	Dgrid/Lgrid DOL ratio on grids
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

AL - element size

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Alternate material zones

Analysis dialogue box

	Restart an Analysis
	Update Restart Files
	Control Parameters
	Analysis
	Analysis > Abort
	Analysis > Auto Plot
	Analysis > Auto Range
	Analysis > BEM Analysis
	Analysis > Discretization
	Analysis > Go to CAD
	Analysis > View Results
	Analysis > Intersections
	Analysis > Load Model
	Analysis > Minimize
	Analysis > Suspend
	Analysis > Conclude
	Analysis > Disable

Analysis Options dialogue box

	Analysis Options
	Analysis > Options > Accelerator
	Analysis > Options > Async I/O
	Analysis > Options > Batch
	Analysis > Options > CGM
	Analysis > Options > Closure
	Analysis > Options > Collinearity
	Analysis > Options > Collapse
	Analysis > Options > Creep
	Analysis > Options > Drive #
	Analysis > Options > Move Points
	Analysis > Options > MSCALC
	Analysis > Options > Initialization
	Analysis > Options > LERD/LSS
	Analysis > Options > Linear
	Analysis > Options > Lumping
	Analysis > Options > Lumping Accuracy
	Analysis > Options > Planar
	Analysis > Options > P-ram
	Analysis > Options > Precondition
	Analysis > Options > Renumber
	Analysis > Options > Reset
	Analysis > Options > V-ram
	Analysis > Options > Verbose
	Analysis > Options > Zero Strain Placement

Analysis results

	Open Analysis Results
	Subtract Restart Files
	Mining Step #
	Recent Files
	File > Restart File Formats
	File > Open > Recent Directories
	Visualization > Make Point

Analysis time

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Animation

	Image Recorder
	File > Output > Animated GIF Recorder > Append Images

Applications of Map3D

As-built models

Automated discretization

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest grid on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dgrid/Lelem DOL ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest element on grids
	Dgrid/Lgrid DOL ratio on grids
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Average value of contour points

	Average Box
	Polygon Box

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Backfilling

	Constructing Alternate Material Zonese
	Material Codes - Mining Step Sequence
	Analysis > Options > Initialization
	Analysis > Options > Zero Strain Placement

Batching analyses

BEM analysis

	Model Information
	Solve Toolbar
	Analysis > Abort
	Analysis > BEM Analysis
	Analysis > Options > Accelerator
	Analysis > Options > Async I/O
	Analysis > Options > Batch
	Analysis > Options > CGM
	Analysis > Options > Creep
	Analysis > Options > Drive #
	Analysis > Options > Move Points
	Analysis > Options > MSCALC
	Analysis > Options > Initialization
	Analysis > Options > LERD/LSS
	Analysis > Options > Linear
	Analysis > Options > Lumping
	Analysis > Options > Lumping Accuracy
	Analysis > Options > P-ram
	Analysis > Options > Precondition
	Analysis > Options > V-ram
	Analysis > Options > Zero Strain Placement
	Analysis > Suspend
	Analysis > Conclude
	Analysis > Disable
	Map3D Analysis Stages
	Plot > Stress
	Plot > Failure Modes
	Plot > Strain
	Plot > Surface Components

Bitmap dump of the screen

	Copy Screen to Clipboard
	Copy Screen (B&W flipped)
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF Screen Image
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF (B&W flipped)
	Image Recorder
	Image Viewer
	File > Output > Animated GIF Recorder > Append Images

Block models

	Building Models out of Blocks
	Constructing Alternate Material Zonese

BMP

	Copy Screen to Clipboard
	Copy Screen (B&W flipped)
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF Screen Image
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF (B&W flipped)
	Image Recorder
	File > Output > Animated GIF Recorder > Append Images

Boolean intersections

Boundary Element Method

	Model Building Overview
	Boundary Element Formulation
	Analysis > Options > Initialization
	Analysis > Options > Linear
	Analysis > Options > Zero Strain Placement
	Map3D Versions

Build toolbar

	Block
	FF Loop
	DD Loop
	Grid Plane
	Grid Line
	Construction Lines
	Build
	Enter Point
	Extrude/Offset Remaining
	Undo Point
	Redo Point
	CAD Toolbar
	CAD > Build > Block Mesh Spacing
	CAD > Build

Building 3D FF blocks

	Block
	FF Loop
	DD Loop
	Build
	Enter Point
	Extrude/Offset Remaining
	Undo Point
	Redo Point
	Entity Properties
	Erase Entities
	Move Entities
	Copy Entities
	Scale Entities
	Rotate Azimuth
	Rotate Dip
	Dump to File
	Group Entities
	Stretch Verticies
	Move Verticies to point
	Move Verticies to X
	Move Verticies to Y
	Move Verticies to Z
	Move Verticies to Plane
	Smooth Construction Lines
	Remove Construction Line Vertex

Building construction lines

	Construction Lines
	Build
	Enter Point
	Extrude/Offset Remaining
	Undo Point
	Redo Point
	CAD > Edit > Entities

Building DD planes

	Block
	FF Loop
	DD Loop
	Build
	Enter Point
	Extrude/Offset Remaining
	Undo Point
	Redo Point
	Entity Properties
	Erase Entities
	Move Entities
	Copy Entities
	Scale Entities
	Rotate Azimuth
	Rotate Dip
	Dump to File
	Group Entities
	Stretch Verticies
	Move Verticies to point
	Move Verticies to X
	Move Verticies to Y
	Move Verticies to Z
	Move Verticies to Plane
	Smooth Construction Lines
	Remove Construction Line Vertex

Building field point grid lines

	Grid Plane
	Grid Line

Building field point grid planes

	Grid Plane
	Grid Line
	Build
	Enter Point
	Extrude/Offset Remaining
	Undo Point
	Redo Point
	CAD > Build > Block Mesh Spacing
	CAD > Edit > Entities

Building field point lines planes

	Build
	Enter Point
	Extrude/Offset Remaining
	Undo Point
	Redo Point

Bulk mining - Model building tutorial

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CAD

	Digitizer Setup
	Pack and Renumber Blocks
	Unpack Blocks
	Unpack Surfaces
	Pack and Renumber Clines
	Unpack Clines

CAD > Build

	Block
	FF Loop
	DD Loop
	Grid Plane
	Grid Line
	Construction Lines
	Build
	Enter Point
	Extrude/Offset Remaining
	Undo Point
	Redo Point

CAD > Build menu

	CAD > Build > Block Mesh Spacing
	CAD > Build

CAD > Edit

	Entity Properties
	Erase Entities
	Move Entities
	Copy Entities
	Scale Entities
	Rotate Azimuth
	Rotate Dip
	Dump to File
	Group Entities
	Stretch Verticies
	Move Verticies to point
	Move Verticies to X
	Move Verticies to Y
	Move Verticies to Z
	Move Verticies to Plane
	Smooth Construction Lines
	Remove Construction Line Vertex

CAD > Edit menu

	CAD > Edit
	CAD > Edit > Entities
	CAD > Edit > Entities

CAD > Properties

	Control Parameters
	Model Information

CAD > Properties menu

	Material Properties
	Map3Di Setup

CAD > Propertiesu

CAD > Snap

	None
	Nearest Edge
	Nearest Corner
	Nearest Surface
	Midpoint of Line
	Tangent Snap
	Intersection Snap
	Trace Virtual Line Snap
	Trace Cline Snap
	Trace Cloop Snap
	Rectangular Grid Snap
	Circular Grid Snap
	X-Grid Snap
	Y-Grid Snap
	Z-Grid Snap
	Cursor/Grid Setup

CAD > Snap menu

CAD menu

CAD toolbar

	CAD Toolbar
	Configure CAD Toolbar
	CAD > Snap
	CAD > Build

Cartesian strain

Cartesian stress

Clearing construction line data

Clearing model data

Closure and overlap checking

Coefficient matrix

	Analysis > Options > Drive #
	Analysis > Options > Lumping
	Analysis > Options > Lumping Accuracy
	Analysis > Options > P-ram
	Analysis > Options > V-ram

Common problems when model Building

Conclude the current analysis

	Analysis > Conclude
	Analysis > Disable

Conducting a BEM stress analysis

Conducting a Map3D analysis

Configuring toolbars

	Zoom
	Contour Toolbar
	Configure Contour Toolbar
	Configure Solve Toolbar
	Configure View Toolbar
	Configure CAD Toolbar

Console mode

Construction line data

	New Construction Lines
	Quick Open Construciton Lines (View only)
	Open Construction Lines
	Save Construction Lines
	Save Construction Lines As
	File > PNT Construction Line File Format
	File > Construction Line File Formats
	File > DXF Construction Line File Format

Contact and intersection analysis

Contour plot options

Contour range

Contouring toolbar

	Contour Toolbar
	Configure Contour Toolbar
	Plot > Stress
	Plot > Failure Modes
	Plot > Strain
	Plot > Surface Components

Copying model data

Creep elasto-viscoplastic

Custom button font

	Configure Button Font
	Reset Default Font

Custom colours

	Block Colours
	Contour Colours
	Set Default Block Colours
	Set Contour Colours 1

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DD plane thickness

DD planes

	Building Surface Models
	Defining Ground Surface
	Defining Fault Planes and Tabular Mining Zones

depth buffer

	OpenGL <On/Off>
	OpenGL Parameters
	OpenGL Antialiasing
	OpenGL Redraw
	OpenGL Pick
	OpenGL Crosshairs
	OpenGL Interactive Edit

Deswick

Digitizer support

	Digitizer Setup
	CAD > Digitizer > Activate

Discretization analysis

	Analysis > Discretization
	Analysis > Options > Lumping
	Analysis > Options > Lumping Accuracy
	Map3D Analysis Stages

Discretization and Lumping

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest grid on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dgrid/Lelem DOL ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest element on grids
	Dgrid/Lgrid DOL ratio on grids
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Discretized view

display of

Discretizing a model

Disk performance test

Disk space requirements

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization
	Analysis > Options > Lumping
	Analysis > Options > Lumping Accuracy

Displacement components

Displacement discontinutity elements

	Building Surface Models
	Defining Ground Surface
	Defining Fault Planes and Tabular Mining Zones

Displacement toolbar

Display a saved screen image

	Image Recorder
	Image Viewer
	File > Output > Animated GIF Recorder > Append Images

Divergent solutions

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > BEM Analysis
	Analysis > Discretization

DOC - matrix lumping

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

DOE - element lumping

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

DOG - grid lumping

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

DOL - solution accuracy

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Dgrid Distance to nearest grid on surfaces
	Dgrid/Lelem DOL ratio on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest element on grids
	Dgrid/Lgrid DOL ratio on grids
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

DON - matrix conditioning

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

DOR - element aspect ratio

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Drag rotation of the model

	Drag Wait Time
	Global Transform Z+ up
	Global Transform Z+ up_2

Drag translation of the model

	Drag Wait Time
	Translating the Model

Drag zooming the model

	Drag Wait Time
	Translating the Model

Drucker-Prager in 3D FF Blocks

	Rockmass Strength Parameters
	S1 Excess Stress
	Tmax Excess Stress
	SF-B Strength/Stress
	Materials > Drucker-Prager in 3D FF Blocks

Dump analysis results

	Selected Grid Components
	Selected Surface Components

Dump the screen image

	Copy Screen to Clipboard
	Copy Screen (B&W flipped)
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF Screen Image
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF (B&W flipped)
	DXF Screen Image
	PNT Screen Image
	File > Output > OBJ Screen Image
	File > Output > WRL Screen Image
	3D-PDF Screen Image
	File > PNT Output File Format

DXF construction line file format

	File > Construction Line File Formats
	File > DXF Construction Line File Format

DXF dump of the screen

DXF model file format

	File > DXF Model File Format
	File > Model File Formats

DXF screen image file format

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Edit toolbar

	Entity Properties
	Erase Entities
	Move Entities
	Copy Entities
	Scale Entities
	Rotate Azimuth
	Rotate Dip
	Dump to File
	Group Entities
	Stretch Verticies
	Move Verticies to point
	Move Verticies to X
	Move Verticies to Y
	Move Verticies to Z
	Move Verticies to Plane
	Smooth Construction Lines
	Remove Construction Line Vertex
	CAD Toolbar
	CAD > Edit
	CAD > Edit > Entities
	CAD > Edit > Entities
	CAD > Edit > Build A List of Entities for Editing
	CAD > Edit > Build A List of Verticies for Editing

Editing model data

	Entity Properties
	Double Click Time
	CAD > Edit
	CAD > Edit > Entity Properties > DDPlane Thickness
	CAD > Edit > Entities
	CAD > Edit > Entities
	CAD > Edit > Build A List of Entities for Editing
	CAD > Edit > Build A List of Verticies for Editing

Effective stress

Elastic strain

Elasto-viscoplastic creep

Element lumping

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Element size

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Energy release rate calculation

Erasing model data

ESS

	In-Plane Shear Stress
	In-Plane Maximum Stress
	Ubiquitous-Plane Shear Stress
	Ubiquitous-Plane Maximum Stress

EVP files

Excess stress

	Rockmass Strength Parameters
	S1 Excess Stress
	Tmax Excess Stress
	SF-B Strength/Stress
	In-plane parameters
	In-plane Excess Shear Stress
	In-plane Excess Wall Stress
	Ubiquitous parameters
	Ubiquitous Excess Shear Stress
	Materials > Mohr-Coulomb in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Hoek-Brown in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Drucker-Prager in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Fault-Gouge in DD Planes
	Materials > Hyperbolic-Backfill in DD Planes
	Materials > Yielding-Pillar in DD Planes
	Plot > Failure Modes

Expansion coefficient and conductivity

EXTENDED ENTITY DATA

Extruding planes into blocks

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Failure criterion

	Rockmass Strength Parameters
	S1 Excess Stress
	Tmax Excess Stress
	SF-B Strength/Stress
	In-plane parameters
	In-plane Excess Shear Stress
	In-plane Excess Wall Stress
	Ubiquitous parameters
	Ubiquitous Excess Shear Stress
	Materials > Mohr-Coulomb in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Hoek-Brown in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Drucker-Prager in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Fault-Gouge in DD Planes
	Materials > Hyperbolic-Backfill in DD Planes
	Materials > Yielding-Pillar in DD Planes
	Plot > Failure Modes

Far field stress state specification

	CAD > Properties > Material Properties > Stress State
	CAD > Properties > Material Properties > Stress State > Cartesian

Fault planes

Fault-Gouge in DD Planes

	In-plane parameters
	In-plane Excess Shear Stress
	In-plane Excess Wall Stress
	Ubiquitous parameters
	Ubiquitous Excess Shear Stress
	Materials > Fault-Gouge in DD Planes

Fictitious force elements

	Building Surface Models
	Building Models out of Blocks

File > Output menu

	Copy Screen to Clipboard
	Copy Screen (B&W flipped)
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF Screen Image
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF (B&W flipped)
	DXF Screen Image
	PNT Screen Image
	File > Output > OBJ Screen Image
	File > Output > WRL Screen Image
	3D-PDF Screen Image
	Selected Grid Components
	Selected Surface Components

File menu

	New Model (CAD)
	Open Model (CAD)
	Save Model (CAD)
	Save Model As (CAD)
	Import model from DXF or PNT
	Export model as DXF or PNT
	New Construction Lines
	Quick Open Construciton Lines (View only)
	Open Construction Lines
	Save Construction Lines
	Save Construction Lines As
	Open Analysis Results
	Subtract Restart Files
	Restart an Analysis
	Update Restart Files
	Mining Step #
	Image Recorder
	Image Viewer
	Save View
	Restore View
	Recent Files
	File > Open > Merge Materials
	File > Output > Animated GIF Recorder > Append Images
	File > Open > Recent Directories
	File > Open > Merge Geometries

Find a specified coordinate point in the model

Flow components

Flow rules

	Materials > Mohr-Coulomb in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Fault-Gouge in DD Planes
	Materials > Hyperbolic-Backfill in DD Planes
	Materials > Yielding-Pillar in DD Planes
	Materials > Expansion Coefficient and Conductivity

Flow toolbar

Fluid/thermal flow analysis

Freehand sketching - Model building tutorial

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GIF

	Copy Screen to Clipboard
	Copy Screen (B&W flipped)
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF Screen Image
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF (B&W flipped)
	Image Recorder
	File > Output > Animated GIF Recorder > Append Images

Going to graphics at the current analysis stage

Going to the model building and editing stage

Grid lumping

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Dgrid Distance to nearest grid on surfaces
	Dgrid/Lelem DOL ratio on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest element on grids
	Dgrid/Lgrid DOL ratio on grids
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Grid selection

	Grid Selection
	CAD Toolbar

Grid spacing

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Dgrid Distance to nearest grid on surfaces
	Dgrid/Lelem DOL ratio on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest element on grids
	Dgrid/Lgrid DOL ratio on grids
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Ground surface

Grouping model data

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Help menu

	Contents and Index
	What's This?

hidden surface removal

	OpenGL <On/Off>
	OpenGL Parameters
	OpenGL Antialiasing
	OpenGL Redraw
	OpenGL Pick
	OpenGL Crosshairs
	OpenGL Interactive Edit

Hide block colours toolbar

	Hide All
	Zoom

Hide Cline Colours toolbar

Hide construction line colours toolbar

	Hide All
	Zoom

Hide toolbar

	Off
	Zoom

Hiding various parts of the model

Hoek-Brown in 3D FF Blocks

	Rockmass Strength Parameters
	S1 Excess Stress
	Tmax Excess Stress
	SF-B Strength/Stress
	Materials > Hoek-Brown in 3D FF Blocks

Hyperbolic-Backfill in DD Planes

	In-plane parameters
	In-plane Excess Shear Stress
	In-plane Excess Wall Stress
	Ubiquitous parameters
	Ubiquitous Excess Shear Stress
	Materials > Hyperbolic-Backfill in DD Planes

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In situ stress state specification

	CAD > Properties > Material Properties > Stress State
	CAD > Properties > Material Properties > Stress State > Cartesian

Inactive blocks

Induced strain

	Induced Strain
	Strain

Induced stress

Initial stress state specification

	CAD > Properties > Material Properties > Stress State
	CAD > Properties > Material Properties > Stress State > Cartesian

Initialize all viewing parameters

INP model file format

	File > INP Model File Format
	File > Model File Formats

In-plane

	In-plane parameters
	In-plane Excess Shear Stress
	In-plane Excess Wall Stress
	Ubiquitous parameters
	Ubiquitous Excess Shear Stress

In-plane strain

	In-Plane Shear Strain
	In-Plane Maximum Strain
	Ubiquitous-Plane Shear Strain
	Ubiquitous-Plane Maximum Strain

In-plane stress

	In-Plane Shear Stress
	In-Plane Maximum Stress
	Ubiquitous-Plane Shear Stress
	Ubiquitous-Plane Maximum Stress

Interpretation of results

	Rock Mass Response Predictions Using Numerical Modelling
	Implementation of Modelling into the Mine Design Process
	Analysis > Options > LERD/LSS

Intersection analysis

	Analysis > Intersections
	Analysis > Options > Closure
	Analysis > Options > Collapse
	Analysis > Options > Planar
	Map3D Analysis Stages

Introduction

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JPEG

	Copy Screen to Clipboard
	Copy Screen (B&W flipped)
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF Screen Image
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF (B&W flipped)
	Image Recorder

JPG

	Copy Screen to Clipboard
	Copy Screen (B&W flipped)
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF Screen Image
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF (B&W flipped)
	Image Recorder

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Leasing Map3D

Limitations and shortcomings

Loading a model from a file

	Open Model (CAD)
	Import model from DXF or PNT
	Analysis > Load Model
	File > Open > Merge Materials
	File > Open > Merge Geometries

Loading analysis results from a recently file

Loading analysis results from a recently used directory

Loading analysis results from a restart file

Loading construction line data from a file

	Quick Open Construciton Lines (View only)
	Open Construction Lines

Loading model data from a recently used directory

Loading model data from a recently used file

Loading system stiffness calculation

Local energy release rate calculation

Lumping and discretization

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest grid on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dgrid/Lelem DOL ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest element on grids
	Dgrid/Lgrid DOL ratio on grids
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

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Map3D

	About Map3D
	Map3D Overview
	Applications
	Model Building Overview
	Boundary Element Formulation
	Map3D Analysis Stages
	Map3D Versions

Map3D analysis options

Map3Di

	Map3Di Setup
	Contour Plane Options

Material codes

Material property specification

	Material Properties
	Analysis > Intersections
	CAD > Properties > Material Properties > Stress State
	CAD > Properties > Material Properties > Stress State > Cartesian
	Materials > Mohr-Coulomb in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Hoek-Brown in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Drucker-Prager in 3D FF Blocks
	Materials > Fault-Gouge in DD Planes
	Materials > Hyperbolic-Backfill in DD Planes
	Materials > Yielding-Pillar in DD Planes
	Materials > Expansion Coefficient and Conductivity

Matrix conditioning

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > BEM Analysis
	Analysis > Discretization

Matrix lumping

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Discretization

Matrix solution

	Analysis > Options > Accelerator
	Analysis > Options > CGM
	Analysis > Options > Precondition

Maximum shear strain

Maximum shear stress

Mean stress

Mean value of contour points

	Average Box
	Polygon Box

Menu Commands - Analysis dialogue box

	Restart an Analysis
	Update Restart Files
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > Abort
	Analysis > Auto Plot
	Analysis > Auto Range
	Analysis > BEM Analysis
	Analysis > Discretization
	Analysis > Go to CAD
	Analysis > View Results
	Analysis > Intersections
	Analysis > Load Model
	Analysis > Minimize
	Analysis > Suspend
	Analysis > Conclude
	Analysis > Disable

Menu Commands – Analysis dialogue box

Menu Commands - Analysis Options dialogue box

	Analysis > Options > Accelerator
	Analysis > Options > Async I/O
	Analysis > Options > Batch
	Analysis > Options > CGM
	Analysis > Options > Closure
	Analysis > Options > Collinearity
	Analysis > Options > Collapse
	Analysis > Options > Creep
	Analysis > Options > Drive #
	Analysis > Options > Move Points
	Analysis > Options > MSCALC
	Analysis > Options > Initialization
	Analysis > Options > LERD/LSS
	Analysis > Options > Linear
	Analysis > Options > Lumping
	Analysis > Options > Lumping Accuracy
	Analysis > Options > Planar
	Analysis > Options > P-ram
	Analysis > Options > Precondition
	Analysis > Options > Renumber
	Analysis > Options > Reset
	Analysis > Options > V-ram
	Analysis > Options > Verbose
	Analysis > Options > Zero Strain Placement

Menu Commands – Analysis Options dialogue box

Menu Commands - CAD

	Digitizer Setup
	Pack and Renumber Blocks
	Unpack Blocks
	Unpack Surfaces
	Pack and Renumber Clines
	Unpack Clines

Menu Commands - CAD > Build

	Block
	FF Loop
	DD Loop
	Grid Plane
	Grid Line
	Construction Lines
	Build
	Enter Point
	Extrude/Offset Remaining
	Undo Point
	Redo Point

Menu Commands - CAD > Build menu

	CAD > Build > Block Mesh Spacing
	CAD > Build

Menu Commands - CAD > Edit

	Entity Properties
	Erase Entities
	Move Entities
	Copy Entities
	Scale Entities
	Rotate Azimuth
	Rotate Dip
	Dump to File
	Group Entities
	Stretch Verticies
	Move Verticies to point
	Move Verticies to X
	Move Verticies to Y
	Move Verticies to Z
	Move Verticies to Plane
	Smooth Construction Lines
	Remove Construction Line Vertex

Menu Commands - CAD > Edit menu

	CAD > Edit
	CAD > Edit > Entities
	CAD > Edit > Entities

Menu Commands - CAD > Properties

	Control Parameters
	Mining Step Titles
	Material Properties
	Map3Di Setup
	Model Information

Menu Commands - CAD > Snap

	None
	Nearest Edge
	Nearest Corner
	Nearest Surface
	Midpoint of Line
	Tangent Snap
	Intersection Snap
	Trace Virtual Line Snap
	Trace Cline Snap
	Trace Cloop Snap
	Rectangular Grid Snap
	Circular Grid Snap
	X-Grid Snap
	Y-Grid Snap
	Z-Grid Snap
	Cursor/Grid Setup

Menu Commands - CAD > Snap menu

Menu Commands - CAD menu

Menu Commands  File

	Quick Open Construciton Lines (View only)
	Open Construction Lines

Menu Commands - File

	New Model (CAD)
	Open Model (CAD)
	Save Model (CAD)
	Save Model As (CAD)
	Import model from DXF or PNT
	Export model as DXF or PNT
	New Construction Lines
	Save Construction Lines
	Save Construction Lines As
	Open Analysis Results
	Subtract Restart Files
	Restart an Analysis
	Update Restart Files
	Mining Step #
	Image Recorder
	Image Viewer
	Save View
	Restore View
	Recent Files

Menu Commands - File > Output

	Copy Screen to Clipboard
	Copy Screen (B&W flipped)
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF Screen Image
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF (B&W flipped)
	DXF Screen Image
	PNT Screen Image
	File > Output > OBJ Screen Image
	File > Output > WRL Screen Image
	3D-PDF Screen Image
	Selected Grid Components
	Selected Surface Components

Menu Commands - File menu

	File > Open > Merge Materials
	File > Open > Recent Directories
	File > Open > Merge Geometries

Menu Commands - Help menu

	Contents and Index
	What's This?

Menu Commands - Plot

Menu Commands - Plot > Displacement

Menu Commands - Plot > Flow

Menu Commands - Plot > Miscellaneous

	Dgrid Distance to nearest element on grids
	Dgrid/Lgrid DOL ratio on grids

Menu Commands - Plot > Properties

	Control Parameters
	Mining Step Titles
	Material Properties
	Model Information

Menu Commands - Plot > Strain

	Major Principal Strain
	Maximum Shear Strain
	In-Plane Shear Strain
	In-Plane Maximum Strain
	Ubiquitous-Plane Shear Strain
	Ubiquitous-Plane Maximum Strain
	Octahedral Shear Strain
	Exx Strain Component
	Elastic strain
	Induced Strain
	Strain
	User defined plot

Menu Commands - Plot > Strength Factors

	Rockmass Strength Parameters
	S1 Excess Stress
	Tmax Excess Stress
	SF-B Strength/Stress
	In-plane parameters
	In-plane Excess Shear Stress
	In-plane Excess Wall Stress
	Ubiquitous parameters
	Ubiquitous Excess Shear Stress

Menu Commands - Plot > Stress

	Major Principal Stress
	Maximum Shear Stress
	In-Plane Shear Stress
	In-Plane Maximum Stress
	Ubiquitous-Plane Shear Stress
	Ubiquitous-Plane Maximum Stress
	Octahedral Shear Stress
	Sxx Cartesian Stress
	Effective stress
	Induced Stress
	User defined plot

Menu Commands - Plot > Surface Components

	Serr Stress error
	Ferr Failure error
	Shear stress
	Normal stress
	Shear strain
	Normal strain
	Shear Displacement (Ride)
	Normal Displacement (Closure)
	ERR
	SF-D Strength/Stress
	Excess Shear Stress
	Incremental Shear Strain
	Stress/Strain rate
	Temperature/Head
	Normal Flux
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest grid on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dgrid/Lelem DOL ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces

Menu Commands - Plot menu

	Plot > Stress
	Plot > Failure Modes
	Plot > Strain
	Plot > Surface Components

Menu Commands – Plot menu

	Plot Options
	Average Box
	Polygon Box

Menu Commands - Seismic

	Visualization of text files
	Contour Plane Options
	Plot
	CAD > Properties > Map3Di Setup > View

Menu Commands - Tools

	Zoom
	Double Click Time
	Drag Wait Time
	Rotation Toolbar
	Translation Toolbar
	Contour Toolbar
	Configure Contour Toolbar
	Solve Toolbar
	Configure Solve Toolbar
	Configure View Toolbar
	CAD Toolbar
	Configure CAD Toolbar
	Block Colours
	Contour Colours
	Set Default Block Colours
	Set Contour Colours 1
	Configure Button Font
	OpenGL <On/Off>
	OpenGL Parameters
	OpenGL Antialiasing
	OpenGL Redraw
	OpenGL Pick
	OpenGL Crosshairs
	OpenGL Interactive Edit
	Disk Performance Test
	Smooth Scroll

Menu Commands – Tools menuMenu Commands - ToolsTools menu

Menu Commands - View > Find Coordinate

Menu Commands - View > Hide

Menu Commands - View > Hide Block Colours

Menu Commands - View > Hide Cline Colours

Menu Commands - View > Initialize

Menu Commands - View > Length

Menu Commands - View > Pan

Menu Commands - View > Render

	Block Outlines
	View > Render > Discretize

Menu Commands - View > Zoom

Menu Commands - View > Zoom Extents

Menu Commands - View menu

	Translation Increment
	Rotation Increment
	Zoom Factor
	View XY plane

Menu Commands -File menu

Merge adjacent surfaces

Merge coordinate points that are close to one another

Merging model data

	File > Open > Merge Materials
	File > Open > Merge Geometries

Mine design

Mining step selection

Mining step sequence

Model building

	Model Building Overview
	Building Surface Models
	Building Models out of Blocks
	Constructing Alternate Material Zonese
	Material Codes - Mining Step Sequence
	Defining Ground Surface
	Defining Open Pits
	Defining Fault Planes and Tabular Mining Zones
	Defining Inactive Blocks for Visualization Purposes
	Common Problems When Model Building
	Freehand Sketching - Room and Pillar Mining
	Bulk Mining Example
	Tabular Mining Example
	Map3Di Setup
	Block
	FF Loop
	DD Loop
	Grid Plane
	Grid Line
	Construction Lines
	Entity Properties
	Erase Entities
	Move Entities
	Copy Entities
	Scale Entities
	Rotate Azimuth
	Rotate Dip
	Dump to File
	Group Entities
	Stretch Verticies
	Move Verticies to point
	Move Verticies to X
	Move Verticies to Y
	Move Verticies to Z
	Move Verticies to Plane
	Smooth Construction Lines
	Remove Construction Line Vertex
	Digitizer Setup
	Analysis > Go to CAD
	Analysis > View Results
	Analysis > Options > Closure
	Analysis > Options > Collinearity
	Analysis > Options > Collapse
	Analysis > Options > Planar
	Analysis > Options > Renumber
	CAD > Build > Block Mesh Spacing
	CAD > Snap
	CAD > Edit > Entities
	CAD > Edit > Entities
	CAD > Build
	File > Open > Merge Materials
	File > Open > Merge Geometries

Model data

	New Model (CAD)
	Open Model (CAD)
	Save Model (CAD)
	Save Model As (CAD)
	Import model from DXF or PNT
	Export model as DXF or PNT
	Recent Files
	Map3Di Setup
	Analysis > Load Model
	Analysis > Options > Collinearity
	Analysis > Options > Renumber
	File > Open > Merge Materials
	File > PNT Model File Format
	File > DXF Model File Format
	File > INP Model File Format
	File > Open > Recent Directories
	File > Open > Merge Geometries
	File > Model File Formats
	Map3D Analysis Stages

Model orientation icon

	Global Transform Z+ up
	Global Transform Z+ up_2

Mohr-Coulomb in 3D FF Blocks

	Rockmass Strength Parameters
	S1 Excess Stress
	Tmax Excess Stress
	SF-B Strength/Stress
	Materials > Mohr-Coulomb in 3D FF Blocks

Mohr-Coulomb in DD Planes

	In-plane parameters
	In-plane Excess Shear Stress
	In-plane Excess Wall Stress
	Ubiquitous parameters
	Ubiquitous Excess Shear Stress
	Materials > Yielding-Pillar in DD Planes

Moving field points that are very close to boundary surfaces

Moving model data

	Move Entities
	Move Verticies to point
	Move Verticies to X
	Move Verticies to Y
	Move Verticies to Z
	Move Verticies to Plane

- N -

Numerical Modelling

	Map3D Overview
	Applications
	Model Building Overview
	Boundary Element Formulation
	Rock Mass Response Predictions Using Numerical Modelling
	Implementation of Modelling into the Mine Design Process

- O -

OBJ dump of the screen

OBJ screen image file format

Octahedral shear strain

Octahedral shear stress

Open pits

OpenGL

	OpenGL <On/Off>
	OpenGL Parameters
	OpenGL Antialiasing
	OpenGL Redraw
	OpenGL Pick
	OpenGL Crosshairs
	OpenGL Interactive Edit

Ore zones

	Building Surface Models
	Building Models out of Blocks
	Constructing Alternate Material Zonese

Overview of Map3D

Overview of model building

- P -

Parametric studies

PDF 3D  dump of the screen

PDF 3D screen image file format

Pick box size

Plastic strain

Plot > Displacement

Plot > Flow

Plot > Miscellaneous

	Dgrid Distance to nearest element on grids
	Dgrid/Lgrid DOL ratio on grids

Plot > Properties

	Control Parameters
	Mining Step Titles
	Model Information

Plot > Properties menu

Plot > Strain

	Major Principal Strain
	Maximum Shear Strain
	In-Plane Shear Strain
	In-Plane Maximum Strain
	Ubiquitous-Plane Shear Strain
	Ubiquitous-Plane Maximum Strain
	Octahedral Shear Strain
	Exx Strain Component
	Elastic strain
	Induced Strain
	Strain
	User defined plot

Plot > Strength Factors

	Rockmass Strength Parameters
	S1 Excess Stress
	Tmax Excess Stress
	SF-B Strength/Stress
	In-plane parameters
	In-plane Excess Shear Stress
	In-plane Excess Wall Stress
	Ubiquitous parameters
	Ubiquitous Excess Shear Stress

Plot > Stress

	Major Principal Stress
	Maximum Shear Stress
	In-Plane Shear Stress
	In-Plane Maximum Stress
	Ubiquitous-Plane Shear Stress
	Ubiquitous-Plane Maximum Stress
	Octahedral Shear Stress
	Sxx Cartesian Stress
	Effective stress
	Induced Stress
	User defined plot

Plot > Surface Components

	Serr Stress error
	Ferr Failure error
	Shear stress
	Normal stress
	Shear strain
	Normal strain
	Shear Displacement (Ride)
	Normal Displacement (Closure)
	ERR
	SF-D Strength/Stress
	Excess Shear Stress
	Incremental Shear Strain
	Stress/Strain rate
	Temperature/Head
	Normal Flux
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Dgrid Distance to nearest grid on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dgrid/Lelem DOL ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces

Plot menu

	Contour Range
	Grid Selection
	Plot Options
	Average Box
	Polygon Box
	Plot > Stress
	Plot > Failure Modes
	Plot > Strain
	Plot > Surface Components

Plot options

Plotting surface components during analysis

	Analysis > Auto Plot
	Analysis > Auto Range
	Analysis > BEM Analysis

PNG

	Copy Screen to Clipboard
	Copy Screen (B&W flipped)
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF Screen Image
	PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP or TIFF (B&W flipped)
	Image Recorder
	File > Output > Animated GIF Recorder > Append Images

PNT construction line file format

	File > PNT Construction Line File Format
	File > Construction Line File Formats

PNT dump of analysis results

	Selected Grid Components
	Selected Surface Components

PNT dump of the screen

	PNT Screen Image
	File > PNT Output File Format

PNT model file format

	File > PNT Model File Format
	File > Model File Formats

PNT screen image file format

	PNT Screen Image
	File > PNT Output File Format

Poorly conditioned problems

	Discretizaiton and Lumping
	Delem Distance to nearest element on surfaces
	Delem/Lelem DON ratio on surfaces
	Dratio on surfaces
	Control Parameters
	Analysis > BEM Analysis
	Analysis > Discretization